Mother Tongue Instruction Now Compulsory in Ghanaian Schools
The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced that mother tongue instruction is now compulsory in all Ghanaian schools.
Speaking at the launch of the Free Tertiary Education for Persons with Disabilities initiative in Accra, the Minister directed the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to ensure strict enforcement of the new policy.
"I am directing the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service and the GES that from today, teacher use of mother tongue instruction is now compulsory in all Ghanaian schools,"
The Minister emphasized that the Ghanaian child deserves to learn in their native language, saying
"The Ghanaian child was not born into an English family but into a proud Ashanti, Akan family and deserves to learn in that language."
The Minister's directive aims to promote the use of local languages in education.
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